Poultry hover



Feb. '5 '1924 J. G. POORMAN POULTRY HOVER Filed Oct. 9, 1922 aenaza 5 J0zz til Patented Feb. 5, i924.

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'JOHN 'Gin POOMN, *OF TINLEY PAIHL ILLINOIS.

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Applicationiled .Octobe1;9, 1922i. Serial No. 593,266.

16 ject to within a short distance of the bottom of the housing andpartially envelop the chicks.

My primary object is to provide a novel, simple and inexpensiveconstruction of hover 20 of the type above referred to; to provide 'forproper ventilation thereof; and to provlde, by a simple construction, aspace into which the chicks may pass and be out of contact with thefeathers.

Referring to the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the body portion of the frame orhousing formingthe hover. Figure 2 is a similar View ofthe front,removable, side of the hover. Figure 30 3 is a broken perspective viewof the top of the hover and the part thereof which carries the feathers;and Figure 4, a section taken at the line 4 on F ig. 1 and viewed in thedirection of the arrow, this view being taken through the constructionin assembled condition.

The particular construction shown ini volves a pair of end boards 5shown as arranged in spaced-apart parallel relation, a side board 6connected at its ends with adja cent ends ofthe end boards 5, aremovable front section 7, a cleat structure 8 connecting togethertheend boards 5 at their front ends, and a removable and replaceable topboard 9. The cleat section 8 is shown as formed of two strips '10 and 11secured together to extend at right angles to each other, the ends ofthe strip 10 being inset into the inner faces of the end boards 5 asshown. The section 11 extends forwardly from the lower edge of thesection 10, the inner faces of the end boards 5 containing, coincidentwith the outer face of the cleat section 11, verticallydisposed grooves12 adapted to receive the front section A7'vwhich,is.preferablymadeLintheiform 0f a framewith the `openingprovidedtherein Ycovered with Wire-mesh ,represented ,at 1'-3,`it` beingunderstood thatthe front side? is thus removable rand replaceablerelative to the body of thehover. 'The end boards 5 are each providedwith cleats 14 which form supporting ledges for the top board 9 whichlatter is of such dimensions as to fairly snugly lit within the connesof the cleat section 10, rear side member 6 and end boards 5.

The mass of feathers to be dependingly.

supported in the housing for the purpose hereinabove set forth, arecarried by the member 9, these feathers being shown as provided inbunches, represented at y15, and preferably extending at their lowerends in mutually overlapped relation to form a relatively compact anddense mass of feathers in such position as to extend down over thechicks located within the hover, the body of which is not shown asprovided with any bottom but which may have a bottom board appliedthereto if desired, these structures, however, being ordinarily withoutbottom boards and merely set down onto Y the ground when in use. Thebunches 15 of feathers may bey formed in any desirable way and likewisesecured to the board 10 to depend therefrom, the feathers, by way ofexample, being provided in bunches held together in the same way thatthe feathers of the ordinary household feather duster are held together,and supported on the board 9 in the same way that the feather dusterhead isV supported from the handle thereof. Y

Provision is made in the construction shown for the proper ventilationthereof, the top board 9 to this end being provided adjacent itsrearedge with. a slot 16 which extends substantially the entire lengthof the board 9, and at its front edge with a similar slot 17,V butpreferably of considerably greater width, which likewise yextendssubstantially the entire length of the board 9, these slots beingcovered with wire mesh, as represented at 18 and'19.

Inasmuch as the bunches of feathers 15 do not extend materially beyondthe ,front edge of the top board 9, there is thus provided between themass of feathers and the front Vwall 17 a space which constitutes arunway into which the chicks may pass.

It will he readily understood freni the foregoing` that ahoverconstructed in accordance with my invention is not only a novel andsimple construction but serves to erforin in a hi hl Satisfact-or mannerP a Y Y Y a the functions for which constructions of this generalcharacter are provided and affords great security against access ofanimals thereto.

- While I have illustrated and described a particular constructionembodying my invention, I do not Wish to he understood as intending tolimit it thereto as the same may he variously modified and alteredWithout` departing from the spirit of my invention.

Vformed of enclosing sides, and a top-portion provided with feathersdepending there- `from into the interior of said body and` containingopenings therethrough adjacent its front and rear edges for ventilation,the feathers dependingl from said top-portion stopping a suilicientdistance from the front edge of said top-portion toprovide a run- Waybetween said Jfeathers and the iront o the structure.

JOHN G. POOl-th/IAN.

